On Apr 20, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> > hm, maybe some split problem > > what does kpsewhich -show-path=fmt report? > > i'll send you a patched kpsefast.rb module for testing > > Hans >
I'm really sorry I have to resurrect this old thread, but there is something terribly, fundamentally wrong with format generation in newtexexec. I just dlded the latest version and ran texmfstart newtexexec --make --all from within the directory where the format files should be written. After completion, I double-checked, and I did not get a new version or format file. I then searched my disk to see where format files had been written. Here's the result: % locate cont-en.fmt /Users/tas/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/ texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/ local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/ local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/ share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/web2c/ pdfetex/cont-en.fmt /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/.:/Users/tas/texmf/web2c/:!!/ usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/ share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-dist/ web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt This looks bizarre, and it is. What happened: instead of using the path descriptors as handed to it by kpsewhich, newtexexec CREATES the paths verbatim, so I now have a directory .:/Users/tas/texmf/ web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf-local/web2c/:!!/usr/local/ teTeX/share/share/texmf/web2c/:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/share/texmf- dist/web2c/pdfetex/ inside my Home directory and in other places of the disk. I hope the description is clear... Best Thomas _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
